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Austin police officer whose murder trial ended in a hung jury will not face new charges

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An Austin Police officer whose murder trial ended in a hung jury, will not be prosecuted again. Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza says a grand jury iss

In this special, Angela Brown explains our partnership with Feeding America for the "Sinclair Cares: Summer Hunger Relief" campaign.ued No True Bills in the case of Officer Christopher Taylor. That means he will not be retried in the death of Mike Ramos. , will not be prosecuted again. Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza says a grand jury issued No True Bills in the case of Officer Christopher Taylor. That means he will not be retried in the death of Mike Ramos.

The DA’s office just presented the case again to a second grand jury to consider murder and other potential charges, but the grand jury returned No True Bills for all charges. Chas Moore with the Austin Justice Coalition said the grand jury decision shows Austin has a long way to go in holding police accountable through the legal system.

Wednesday afternoon the attorneys for APD Officer Christopher Taylor released a statement saying the DA is creating a false narrative for dropping the murder charge against their client.

 

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